Carpet-cleaner



(No Model.) L R KIESWETTER.

CARPET CLEANER.

Jomga ffl UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

. JOSEPH F. KIESVETTER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CARPET-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,961, dated July 19, 1887.

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To aZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JosErH F. KIEsWE'r- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Oleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for beating and removing dust and dirt from carpets and similar fabrics by an operation of revolving and tumbling; and it consists of a revolving` open-work cage peculiar in its construction of angles and apartments, as hereinatter described, and set forth in the claim; and the object ot' my invention is to remove the dust and dirt t'rom the carpet or other fabric with the least amount ot' wear and tear and injury to it while it is being cleaned by this operation. l accomplish this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in wliieh- Figure l is a lei`t-hand side elevation of my machine as Fig. 2 represents it. Fig. 2 is a face view, the let`t-hand end of which is represented in Fig. l. Fig. S is a crosssection of the revolving cage,taken on the plane X X, Fig. 2, showing the internal construction ot' some ofthe sections, all of which are alike.

ln all of these "iews like letters refer to like parts.

A A are benches or knees, one on each side of the machine, to which are secured by bolts the bearing-boxes B B. To these boxes are tted the bearings or gudgeons O O. These gudgeons terminate in plates or flanges c c, by which they are secured to the arms E ot' the cage.

The cage consists ot a heavy substantial frame-work secured together by laps and bolts or mortises and tenons, to which the lighter slats and parts are secured in a substantial manner, as shown.

E E are a series of radial arms secured by bolts near the conter end to the gudgtonplate c. To these arms E are secured, near their outer ends, a series of branch or angular arms, F F. These two series of arms, with their branches, one on each side, are connected by a series of outer crossrails, h h, and a series of inner cross-rails, i Athe cross-rails 7L h at the extremityY of the arms E E, and the cross-rails z z at the intersection of the branch arms F F with the arms E E. This frame is lled in on the sides with radial slats e e, between the arms E E, as close as may be desired. The edge or face of the cage is also filled in with slats 'n n between the cross-rails h h and z' fi, as close as may be desired, one section being provided with hinges and left loose for a door, L, through which the carpet or other fabric to be cleaned is taken in and out.

D D are rims secured to the arms E E by bolts, which t'orm pulleys, for the purpose of receiving belts to revolve the cage by steam or other power.

I design to cover the face of the cage with wirecloth, to prevent small pieces of carpet or other fabric from passing out between the slats when the cage is in motion, a section of which is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, (marked K.) By this construction of a cage the pockets l) P, formed on the inside of the cage, retain the carpet or other fabric when in motion and carry it up and canse it to drop almost perpendicularly through the cage, thus causing very little wear to it by sliding on the inside parts ot' the cage while it is being cleaned.

The cage revolves in the direction indi,- cated by the darts and dotted lines. By this system ot' revolving and tumbling, the dust and dirt is loosened from the carpet, and the centrifugal motion given to the air by the motion ot' the cage drives it out and eleanses the carpet.

Having thus described my machine in its mode of working and its construction, I am aware lthat carpet-elcaners have been constructed having` revolving cages with bearings supported by boxes and benches and driven by power. I therefore do not claim such a construction, broadly, but

Vhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a CarpetcIeaner, a cage provided with bearings O C and a series of radial arms, E E, a series of branch arms, F F, a tilling of radial slats, e e, pulleys D D, a series of alternate cross-1ails,hh, a series of alternate inner crossrails, fi i, with a iilling of cross-slats, a n, and a covering of wirecloth, K, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH F. KIESVETTER.

Witnesses: l

JosErH N. GLoUsE, WILLIAM H. TUCKER. 

